COY 16: Glasgow, Scotland

Established in 1992, the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth (UNMGCY) is the United Nations General Assembly mandated, official and self-organised space for children and youth to contribute to and engage in certain intergovernmental and allied policy processes at the United Nations. UNMGCY is based in New York.

The UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC) is a voluntary, consensus led, non-hierarchical non-profit organisation – by youth, for youth. UKYCC's members come from all over the UK and its mission is to mobilise and empower young people to take positive action for global climate justice. UKYCC works via different working groups: Communications, Community, COP and Systems Change. Alongside enormous local and national achievements, UKYCC has sent a youth delegation to COP since COP24, and also organised the UK's first ever Local Conference of Youth in 2019.

UK Youth for Nature (UKY4N) is the UK's leading youth-led network calling on UK politicians to take urgent action to address the loss of nature and wildlife. This movement is committed to highlighting the impact of climate change on biodiversity, the power of nature as a tool to mitigate climate change, and the overall state of nature in the UK — putting pressure on key stakeholders across all four nations to ensure a more action-oriented policy and legislative measures.

UKSCN is a group of youth strikers who work together to support youth strikes all over England and Wales. We run campaigns, work with other national movements and provide support to over 100 local groups across the country. We aim to create a new generation of young activists who are educated about society and the change we need, in order to work with other movements to change the system we live in.

Fridays For Future Scotland is a grassroots organisation of young people with the founding concept of striking from school for the climate. It's part of the global Fridays For Future movement which has mobilised millions of people around the world to fight for climate justice. Within Scotland, we are the primary voice of students on environmental actions and have organised the largest climate demonstrations in Scottish history and are pushing for a just transition in every sector, and climate justice to ensuring that nobody is left behind.